Walt Disney Biography info for 3rd Grader

[sandysue]

My 3rd grade daughter has chosen to do her "Wax Museum" project on Walt Disney. This involves writing a biography and timeline and dressing up like Walt to give a short presentation as other students and parents tour the "Wax Museum". We have two weeks. And I say "we" because you know who ends up helping research, getting books from the library and figuring out a costume and props.... and it's not the teacher!

Anyway, just wondering if any of you experts out there have a favorite story or source for Walt info that you could share.
And I'm open to costume ideas. My daughter is going to bring Dumbo and a couple movie cases (Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, etc.) as props. Strangely enough, we don't have a stuffed Mickey Mouse, though I think there's a Santa Mickey packed away in the Christmas stuff in the attic.

Thanks in advance.

 

[MistressMerryweather]

http://www.amazon.com/Who-Walt-Disn...3946616&sr=1-3&keywords=walt+disney+biography

 

[iKristin]

They have that book at Target right now in the kids book section, I saw it yesterday

 

[PHXscuba]

My daughter did Walt Disney last year for their 5th-grade living history museum. She used her brother's suit for her costume and we bought her a hat that looked like a 50s-era one. She pulled her hair back in a ponytail (or maybe a bun?) and we got a package of dollar-store mustaches and trimmed one a little thinner.

We got a simple biography from the library from the library and fleshed the report out with info from the Internet as needed.

PHXscuba

 

[pharmama]

My third grader really enjoyed the Who is Walt Disney book linked above and I think it would be a great resource for your DDs project.

As a side note, there is a whole series of these 'who is...' books and my DD really likes them.

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[wiigirl]

http://www.amazon.com/Who-Walt-Disn...3946616&sr=1-3&keywords=walt+disney+biography

Good book!